Suspenders



(No Model.)

M. MARCUS..

SUSPENDERS.`

Patented Dee. 4, 1883.'v

h wefza zen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

' gether at a desired point above its lower eX- eral have been patented.

pose of forming the button-holes and render- MORRIS MARCUS, OF

Armar irren.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENDERS.V

SPEUIFICATION forming part of Letters '.Patent No. 289,429, dated December 4, 1883.

Application filed October 23, 1883. (No model.)

f'o coll whom, t may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, Monnrs Mnnous, a citiin the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improveniente `in Suspenders; and I hereby deelare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the part of suspenders commonly called the suspender-end,77 wherein the single strip of material forming each or both reaches between the body of the suspender and the button upon the body of the article of clothing to be sustained is doubled edgewise upon itself, and wherein the necessary button-hole is formed in each reach by uniting the two strands totremity.

Various devices have been invented for the purpose of securing durability of the buttonholes provided in the suspender-end, and sev- Another patented device affords an attractive appearance to the article, but fails to effect the all-important requirement of durability of the button-hole.

vThe first-named improvements effect their purpose by the use of metallic attachmentssuch as bands, tips, and the likewhich surround or are secured to the material, while in the one last referred to, the button-hole being formed by 4crossing the strands at a certain point and securing them together by means of stitches, durability of the said button-hole is lacking.

It is a peculiarity connected with the trade in the article of wearing-apparel in which it is desired to secure Letters Patent for my improvement that any metallic attachment arranged upon the suspender-end for the puring them durable, even when such attachments are made ornamental to enhance the attractiveness of the appearance ofthe said suspenderend, is objectionable, for the reason, among others, that such attachments indicatea gaudy flimsiness, rendering them unsuitable for application to a betterelass of material, and, being liable to become detached or broken, they are undesirable.

It is my object to provide ends for suspend' ers that shall present an appearance to recommend them to the trade and to those who wear them, and in which the button-holes shall be so formed that impairment thereof need only result from the actual wear upon the material of which they are formed; and to this end my invention consists in an improved securing device arranged at the desired point to form the button-hole with the double parts, the said securing device comprising a strand or wireJ passed transversely through the interior of each of the layers of material, forming a reach, and extending out through the rear sides of the same, the projecting ends being brought together toward each other and secured, whereby the means of securing shall be invisible when the front side of the suspender-end is presented to view, to provide on the said front side a smooth and even surface.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a suspender-end in elevation, showing the button-holes formed with my improved securing device, one reach being twisted to present to view the front side; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view, showing the manner of employing my securing device to effect the desired purpose. 1

A is a cap-piece, of leather or other suitable material, which bears the ring B, and to which the material forming the reaches Gis secured. These reaches maybe formed of a single piece of Vmaterial secured to the cap-piece A' at a pointto produce two hanging strands of the desired relative length when such strand is doubled inward and edgewise upon itself, the ends thereof being also secured to the cappiece; or the said reaches may be formed each of a separate piece of material doubled edgewise upon itself, and the ends secured to the cap-piece A.

D is a wire or narrow metallic baud, sharpened at both ends and caused to penetrate the material composing a reach at a point to form a button-hole of the desired dimensions. The

wire or bandD passes transversely through each strand of the material, between the front and rear surfaces thereof, being inserted on the rear side near the edge of one strand and caused to protrude near the opposite edge of the other strand, when the proj ecting ends are IOO transversely through the interior of each of the double parts and extending out through the rea-r sides of the same, the projecting ends being brought ytoward each other and secured substantially as described.

MORRIS MARCUS.

In presence of- CHARLES C. LINTHIGUM, DOUGLAS DYRENFORTH. 

